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F. A.' MARX Nov; 1o, 1936.

PACKAGE Filed Nov. 25, 1935 A5'- ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGE Application November 25, 1935, Serial No.'51,412

7 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to a container especially adapted to package bottled liquids and dispensing devices therefor or other units of similar character.

An object of the invention is to provide such a container formed with two compartments, one especially adapted for a dispensing device and the other for the reception of the bottle.

Another object is to provide a container of the lo kind described provided with means to preclude shifting about of the bottle in the container.

Another object is to produce such a container in which certain structural details which serve as subsidiary containing means likewise result in l5 giving solidity and eiiicient construction to the container as a whole.

Another object is to provide a container of the character indicated which may be eiiiciently produced from a single blank.

o0 These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view through a container of the present invention with the contained bottle and dispensing device shown in dotted lines, the closure flaps at the upper end of the container being shown open.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with the tray removed.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank out of which the container of the present invention is formed, part being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the tray adapted to be disposed in the top portion of the container.

Many liquids today are retailed in bottles in connection with a dispenser which is adapted to replace the bottle cap when the liquid is to be used. Lotions, toilet Water, and the like are liquids which are typical of commodities so marketed. It is desirable, in units of this kind, to provide a separate compartment in the container for the dispensing device and for dispensing accessories and printed matter such as direction slips, advertisements, and the like. It is likewise desirable to provide a bottle compartment in the container Which snugly receives the bottle to preclude shifting about of the latter in its compartment so that undue shaking and spilling of the contents of the bottle may be avoided and likewise shifting of the bottle into injurious contact against the dispensing device. It is likewise desirable to provide a container of the greatest possible rigidity so as to sufficiently protect the contents of the container.

These various requirements have been met by the present invention and incorporated in a container which may be produced in a highly eiii- 5 cient manner.

With reference to the drawing: The container is preferably formed of cardboard or other suitable material and is shaped and scored to provide a back and a front wall, I and 8, respectively, 10 and a pair of side walls 9 and I0. In Fig. 4, the lines I0', I I, and I2 are score lines upon which the formed blank is folded to bring the walls l, 8, 9, and Il] into cooperative relation. The ends of the side walls 9 and Ill are provided with 15 ears forming lateral closure flaps I3-I4 and |5-I6, at the top and bottom, respectively, of the container. The rear wall 1 is formed at its top and bottom with the main closure flaps Il and I8 which, in the usual way, are formed at 20 their extreme edges with tuck-in flanges I9.

The outerv longitudinal edge of the side wall 9 has a section of the blank material hingedly connected thereto along a score line 20 and this section is scored as at 2| and 22 to form a front 25 ilange 23, `a partition 24 and a rear flange 25.

The top edge of the partition 24 is cut in such manner as to provide a dispenser support comprising a pair of Vertical slots 26 dening a central projection 2l.V The lower end of the par- 30 tition 24 is provided with a tongue or extension independent of the flanges. 23 and 25, which eX- tension is transversely scored, as at 28, to provide an intermediate section 29 designed to form a raised bottom in the dispenser compartment to be later described, and an end section 3E! designed to support said raised bottom, as` will also be further described. It will be seen in Fig. 4 that the section or raised bottom 29 is apertured, as at 3l, for a purpose that will appear. 40

The blank formed as described, is folded into container or box formation, as previously suggested, with the front and back walls and the side walls disposed in opposed relation. It is apparent in Fig. 3 that the free edge portion of the 45 front wall f3l is attached to the flange 23, and that the partition 24 is carried across the container to the rear Wall 'I where the flange 25 is bent into right-angular relationship therewith and attached to the inner face of rear wall 1. 50 Thereafter, the extension at the bottom of the partition 24 is bent along the score line 28 into the formation seen in Fig. 1. Subsequent to this the bottom closure flaps I5, I6, I8, and I9 of the container are closed in a manner well known, 55

and as illustrated in Fig. 1, it being further apparent that the bottom edge of the section 3B rests upon the closed bottom end of the container and maintains the raised bottom 29 in position.

The dispenser compartment just described is adapted to have positioned therein a dispensing device such as illustrated in dotted lines at the left-hand side of Fig. 1. Devices of this kind usually comprise a cap member 32 downwardly from which projects an elongated tube 33 which has connected with its lower end a telescoping section 34 which is spring-urged to a normally downwardly projecting position relative to the tube 33, all of which structure is understood and need not be elaborated. The upper end of the dispenser may comprise a faucet or outlet 35 communicating with the tube 33. It will be understood that the cap 32 of the dispenser is receivable upon the bottle which is to be associated with the container and consequently said cap is of the hollow type such as shown in Fig. 2 in cross-section. For supporting the dispenser in its compartment, the edge portions of the cap are inserted into the slots 26 of the partition 24 and the dispensing device is suspended upon the projection 21. It will be seen in Fig. 1 that the lower end of the dispensing device, that is, the section 34, projects through the aperture 3l of the raised bottom 29 of the dispenser compartment. In this connection it may be noted that the dispenser compartment need not be apertured in the manner illustrated if a different type of dispenser is to be housed in the compartment. For example, it may be desirable to provide an ordinary dropper and in this instance, due to the shorter length of the device, there would be no reason for providing the aperture 3l. Moreover, an unapertured bottom might be desirable in instances where leakage of liquid from the dispenser might occur, since then the raised bottom would receive the leakage rather than the bottom end or closure of the container.

With further reference to Fig. 1, a bottle 36 is adapted to be disposed in the other of the two compartments provided by this invention. The bottle provided should be of a size adapted to t snugly between the side Wall 9 of the container and the partition 24. The relative solidity or rigidity of the partition 24, resulting from the strength given it by the raised bottom 29, not only lends greater stability and strength to the container as a whole but like- Wise precludes shifting about of the bottle 26 in its compartment.

The bottle provided should likewise be of a height substantially equal to that of the partition 24, that is, of the highest edges of said partition, which, as seen in Fig. 2, are the lateral extremities of this edge. As seen in Fig. l, the cap 31 of the bottle extends to the height indicated, that is, substantially equal to the height of the partition.

A tray 38 (Figs. 1 and 5) is adapted to be supported upon the top edge of the partition 24 and the top of the bottle 36, that is, on the cap 31. The tray 38 comprises a base 39, the width of which is substantially equal to the interior width of the container and the length of which base is such as to extend between the container wall l0 and the partition 24. The base has, on three edges thereof, integral iianges 4B, 4|, and 42, which are formed by bending the base upwardly on score lines as indicated in Fig. 5. The flanges are not connected and are therefor resilient in character so that said ilanges frictionally engage the interior faces of the container when the tray is positioned in the top of the latter. One end edge of the base 39 of the tray has no flange thereon and may be formed with an arcuate aperture 43 which precludes any interference with the positioned dispenser. The tray is adapted to receive other dispensing accessories, direction slips, advertisements, and the like, and likewise adds stability to the container as a whole since its peculiar construction and association with the package as a whole precludes its displacement. This tray, together with the partition 24 and its bottom 29 and section 3D, all combine to produce an effective container possessing strength and the ability to withstand usage over a considerable period of time.

'Ihe contruction whereby the container of this invention may be produced from a single blank and the simplicity with which the container is assembled after formation of the blank, assure efficient and low cost manufacture.

What is claimed is:

1. A container formed of a single blank and comprising a front and a back section and a pair of side sections, top and bottom closure flaps forming the ends of the container, a vertical partition formed by an integral extension of one of said side sections and providing two compartments in the container, said partition comprising a wall member extending between said front and back sections, a flange on each vertical edge of said wall member and attached to the adjacent inner faces of said front and back sections, and a tongue formed at the lower end of said wall member and independent of said flanges, said tongue having its upper portion bent toward one of said side walls to form a raised bottom for one of the container compartments, and the lower portion of said tongue being disposed iiat against the associated side wall of the container and having its lower edge resting on the bottom end of the container for supporting said raised bottom.

2. A container formed of a single blank and comprising a front and a back section and a pair of side sections, top and bottom closure flaps forming the ends of the containers, a vertical partition formed by an integral extension of one of said side sections and providing two compartments in the container. said partition comprising a wall member extending between said front and back sections, a ange on each vertical edge of said wall member and attached to the adjacent inner faces of said front and back sections, a tongue formed at the lower end of said wall member and independent of said flanges, said tongue having its upper portion bent toward one of said side walls to form a raised bottom for one of the container compartments, and the lower portion of said tongue being disposed at against the associated side wall of the container and having its lower edge resting on the bottom end of the container for supporting said raised bottom, said latter compartment being adapted to receive a dispenser or the like and the other compartment a bottle, and means integral with said partition for suspending the dispenser in its compartment.

3. A container for a bottle and a dispenser or the like, the container comprising front, back and side Walls, top and bottom end closures, a partition extending between the front and back walls and forming two compartments in the container, a raised bottom in the one of said compartments intended to receive the dispenser, and means at the top of said partition for suspending a dispenser in the compartment provided therefor, the other compartment being adapted for the snug reception of a bottle, and said raised bottom serving to rigidity the partition to preclude shifting about of the positioned bottle.

4. A container comprising front, back; and side walls, end closures, a partition extending between the front and back walls and providing two compartments in the container, said partition terminating short of the top of the container, one of the compartments formed by the partition being adapted to have disposed therein a bottle extending upwardly in the container to substantially the same height as the top edge of said partition, and a tray adapted to be placed in the topof the container and to be supported on the top edge of said partition and on the top of a positioned bottle, the tray being adapted to hold dispensing accessories, direction slips and the like, a dispensing device or the like being receivable in the other of said compartments.

5. A container comprising front, back and side walls, end closures, a partition extending between the front and back walls and providing two compartments in the container, said partition terminating short of the top of the container, a raised bottom in one of said compartments and adapting said compartment for the housing of a dispensing device or the like, the other of said compartments being adapted to have disposed therein a bottle extending up in the container to a height substantially the same as the top edge of said partition, and a tray snugly receivable in the top of the container and adapted to extend over said bottle compartment and to be supported on the top of the bottle and the upper edge of said partition, said tray being adapted to hold dispensing accessories, direction slips and the like, both the tray and said raised bottom being adapted to lend solidity to the container as a Whole.

6. A unit comprising a receptacle, accessories and a container therefor, the container comprising front, back and side walls, end closures, a partition extending between the front and back walls and providing two compartments in the container, said partition terminating short of the top of the container, a raised bottom in one of said compartments and adapting said compartment for the housing of a dispensing accessory or the like, a receptacle snugly receivable in the other of said compartments and extending up in the container to a height substantially the same as the top edge of said partition, and a tray snugly receivable in the top of the container and adapted to extend over said bottle compartment and to be supported on the top of the bottle and the upper edge of said partition, said tray being adapted to hold dispensing accessories, direction slips and the like, both the tray and said raised bottom being adapted to lend solidity to the container as a whole.

7. A container comprising front, back and side sections, end closures, an interior vertical partition, and a tongue attached to the lower portion of said partition, the tongue comprising an upper section adapted to be bent angularly relative to the partition for forming a raised bottom in one of the compartments formed by the partition, and the lower portion of said tongue being bent into such position that its lower edge i rests upon the adjacent end closure for supporting said raised bottom.

FRANK A. MARX. 

